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Armchair

(American, born in Switzerland, 1896–1969)
about 1933
Object PlaceChicago, Illinois
Medium/TechniqueChromium-plated tubular steel, replaced leatherette upholstery
DimensionsOverall: 81.9 x 60.3 x 63.5 cm (32 1/4 x 23 3/4 x 25 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art
Accession number2012.854
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
Provenance1933, acquired by the Brooklyn Museum of Art from Garland Furniture Manufacturing Company, Inc., Saco, Maine for use in the Wilbour Library of Eyptology; 2012, gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art to the MFA. (Accession date: November 28, 2012)
Without cord
William Lescaze
designed about 1934
Group shot: 2013.795-6
Harry Bertoia
designed 1950-1952; manufactured about 1952-1958
Group shot: 2013.795-6
Harry Bertoia
designed 1950-1952; manufactured about 1952-1958
William Lescaze
designed about 1932
3107 chair
Arne Jacobsen
designed 1955, manufactured 1964
Paul T. Frankl
about 1928–1933
Side table
Donald Deskey
designed about 1928; manufactured about 1929-31